A Century of Planting: A History of the American Friends Mission in India

In the beginning Friends missionaries in the Bundelkhand region of India were all women. They deliberately set out to find a difficult area, untouched with the Gospel, as the place to plant their mission. On April 1, 1896, they moved into backward, benighted Bundelkhand in the grips of famine.

Over a period of centuries Bundelkhandi people have been sharpened on drastic anvils of poverty, suffering, and intrigue beyond the telling. The marvel is that, once planted in that hostile environment, the Gospel has continued to this day.

A Century of Planting tells the story of the ministry of the Evangelical Friends Church—Eastern Region in India. It is a testimony of the promises of God to the people who live there and the missionaries who have worked together in the planting and harvesting of the Gospel of Christ.